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The chronological list of | The chronological list of events relevant to [[Pornography|pornography]] happened in 2017. | ||
== | == Deaths == | ||
* | * July 22, 2017: the American BDSM adult model and pornographic film actress [[January Seraph]] died by suicide at the age of 34.<ref>Rhett Pardon, Fetish star January Seraph passes away, XBIZ, Adnet Media, July 23, 2017, http://xbiz.com/news/221800/fetish-star-january-seraph-passes-away.</ref> | ||
* September 27, 2017: the founder of men's magazine [[Playboy]] [[Hugh Marston Hefner]] died of natural causes at the age of 91.<ref>Dan Miller, "Hugh Hefner passes away", AVN, AVN Media Network, September 28 2017, https://avn.com/business/articles/video/hugh-hefner-dies-745886.html.</ref> | |||
* November 10, 2017: the Canadian pornographic actress [[Shyla Stylez]] died of undisclosed causes at the age of 35.<ref name="death1">Dan Miller, Shyla Stylez passes away, AVN, AVN Media Network, November 10 2017, https://avn.com/business/articles/video/shyla-stylez-750500.html.</ref> | |||
== | * December 6, 2017: the Canadian pornographic actress [[August Ames]] died by suicide by hanging at the age of 23.<ref>Melissa Santana, Adult Star August Ames passes away, XBIZ, Adnet Media, December 6, 2017, http://www.xbiz.com/news/232192/adult-star-august-ames-passes-away.</ref><ref>Dan Miller, Investigator: August Ames did not carry out suicide at home, AVN, AVN Media Network, December 8, 2017, https://avn.com/business/articles/video/investigator-august-ames-did-not-carry-out-suicide-at-home-753131.html</ref> | ||
* December 13, 2017: the American pornographic actress [[Yurizan Beltran]] died of a drug overdose at the age of 31.<ref> Dan Miller and Peter Warren, Yurizan Beltran passes away, AVN, AVN Media Network, December 13, 2017, https://avn.com/business/articles/video/yurizan-beltran-passes-away-753540.html.</ref><ref>Rhett Pardon, Yurizan Beltran passes away, XBIZ, Adnet Media, December 13, 2017, http://www.xbiz.com/news/232396/yurizan-beltran-passes-away.</ref> | |||
* June 5, 2017: the mixed martial artist War Machine was sentenced to life in prison for assaulting | == Legal == | ||
* June 20, | * June 5, 2017: the mixed martial artist War Machine was sentenced to life in prison for assaulting pornographic actress [[Christy Mack]] and web designer Corey Thomas.<ref>Rhett Pardon, "War Machine sentenced to life in prison", XBIZ, Adnet Media Inc., June 5 2017, http://www.xbiz.com/news/220645/war-machine-sentenced-to-life-in-prison.</ref> | ||
* June 20, 2017: the pornographic social media [[xHamster]] started providing Indonesian LGBT users with resources about legal aid and refugee resettlement programs. <ref>xHamster, “Resources for LGBTQ/SOGIE”, xHamster's blog, xHamster, June 20 2017, https://xhamster.com/blog/posts/671339</ref> | |||
== Politics == | |||
*December 20, 2017: the British politician [[Resignation of First Secretary of State Damian Green|Damian Green]] resigns after he made misleading statements about pornographic contents found on computers in his office.<ref>Gordon Rayner Christopher Hope, Damian Green sacked over porn cover-up as Theresa May suffers third Cabinet departure in two months, The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group Limited, December 21 2017, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/20/breaking-theresa-mays-effective-deputy-damian-green-quits-pornography/.</ref> | |||
*December 27, 2017: the Irish news website Buzz.ie reveals that 306 pornographic websites were accessed 684 times from the Irish Parliament in Winter 2017.<ref>Paul Healy, A lot of people tried to access porn in the House of the Oireachtas this winter, Buzz.ie, December 27 2017, https://www.buzz.ie/news/porn-266945.</ref> | |||
* Late 2017: The French concierge company SARL Atyla filed a lawsuit against the heirs of the defunct Saudi Arabia's foreign minister [[Saud Al Faisal]] for refusing to pay 90,000 Euros as the bill for the pornographic films SARL Atyla had produced for the minister.<ref>Persio Sofia Lotto, Saudi prince commissioned porn movies in Paris but left unpaid bills, $ 110,000 - lawsuit says, Newsweek, The Newsweek Media Group, April 9 2018, http://www.newsweek.com/saudi-prince-commissioned-porn-movies-paris-left-unpaid-bills-110000-lawsuit-877955.</ref> | |||
== Technology == | |||
* June 28, 2017: the pornographic social media and networking service webiste [[Pornhub]] launched the video category "Interactive" encompassing videos synchronized with wireless sex toys.<ref>Aria, "Interactive category", >Pornhub's blog, Pornhub, June 28 2017, https://www.pornhub.com/blog/4741</ref> | |||
== Events == | |||
* January, 17, 2017: The pornographic production company [[Kinkdotcom]] announced it would stop filming in the [[San Francisco National Guard Armory]] from March 2017.<ref>J.K. Dineen, "Historic SF site says goodbye to its porn movies", SFGate, Hearst Communications Inc., January 17 2017, http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Historic-SF-site-says-goodbye-to-its-porn-movies-10861448.php</ref> | |||
* June 20, 2017: the scientific publication "Consuming Ecstasy: Representations of Male and Female Orgasm in Mainstream Pornography" based on pornographic website [[Pornhub]] statistics is published on The Journal of Sex Research.<ref>Rhett Pardon, "Researchers use data from PornHub videos for orgasm study", XBIZ, Adnet Media Inc., June 26 2017, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2017.1332152?af=R&.</ref> | |||
* June 29, 2017: The pornographic social media and social networking service website [[xHamster]] launched its branded sex doll named xHamsterina.<ref>xHamster, "10 years of no bullshit gifts!", xHamster's blog, xHamster, June 29 2017, https://xhamster.com/blog/posts/680051.</ref> | * June 29, 2017: The pornographic social media and social networking service website [[xHamster]] launched its branded sex doll named xHamsterina.<ref>xHamster, "10 years of no bullshit gifts!", xHamster's blog, xHamster, June 29 2017, https://xhamster.com/blog/posts/680051.</ref> | ||
* September 29, 2017: the American trade association [[Free Speech Coalition]] announced the first survey to the [[sex industry]]<ref>Free Speech Coalition, FSC Issues 2017 All-Industry Survey, September 29 2017, https://www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/2017/09/29/fsc-issues-2017-industry-survey/</ref> | |||
* December 19, 2017: the American pornographic film production company [[Evil Angel]] launched the pornographic website [[Blackmailed.com]].<ref>Melissa Santana, Blackmailed.com beta launches, XBIZ, Adnet Media, December 19 2017, http://www.xbiz.com/news/232510/blackmailed-com-beta-launches.</ref> | |||
*December 18, 2017: the American judge [[Resignation of judge Alex Kosinki|Alex Kosinki]] resigns following accusations of sexual misconducts.<ref>Judge Alex Kosinki resigns amid porn sex harassment investigation, AVN, AVN Media Network, December 18, 2017, https://avn.com/business/articles/legal/judge-alex-kosinki-resigns-amid-porn-sex-harassment-investigation-753767.html.</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||